Posted on 03/17/2023 9:23:14 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
He didn’t. Kids from Donbass were were rescued and evacuated. Just not Uke BS propaganda.
and what country wants to deal with a war criminal?
this means NordStream (both of them) is dead permanently
goodbye Russian business
There does not seem to be a lot of diversity in that list of ICC war criminals.
That will start a war.
Not really such a great idea.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/7427
22 U.S. Code § 7427 - Authority to free members of the Armed Forces of the United States and certain other persons detained or imprisoned by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court(a) Authority
The President is authorized to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any person described in subsection (b) who is being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court.
(b) Persons authorized to be freed
The authority of subsection (a) shall extend to the following persons:
(1) Covered United States persons.
(2) Covered allied persons.
(3) Individuals detained or imprisoned for official actions taken while the individual was a covered United States person or a covered allied person, and in the case of a covered allied person, upon the request of such government.
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/7432
(3) Covered allied personsThe term “covered allied persons” means military personnel, elected or appointed officials, and other persons employed by or working on behalf of the government of a NATO member country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand), or Taiwan, for so long as that government is not a party to the International Criminal Court and wishes its officials and other persons working on its behalf to be exempted from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
(4) Covered United States persons
The term “covered United States persons” means members of the Armed Forces of the United States, elected or appointed officials of the United States Government, and other persons employed by or working on behalf of the United States Government, for so long as the United States is not a party to the International Criminal Court.
Nice try, but neither Ukraine nor Russia are party to the ICC. There seems to be a distinct lack of jurisdiction.
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